TWO Todd McFarlane anecdotes you've never heard before

Todd McFarlane is an original. He's brash, always interesting, hyper-intelligent, and a wickedly successful businessman as well.

He'll also tell you exactly what he thinks, with occasional flourishes that involve F-bombs. Two Todd McFarlane anecdotes that I can pretty much gurantee you never heard are over at Newsarama. Enjoy!

Jim McLauchlin

Guardians of the Galaxy is left-of-center in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Guardians of the Galaxy hits theaters on August 1, and is a bit of palate-cleansing sherbert in the diet of Marvel movies. The cast and crew talk about what makes it different over at Newsarama.

Jim McLauchlin

photos: Marvel Studios

Is Wonder Woman the gayest character ever?

How is it that a va-va-voom bombshell is somehow the perfectly articulated character for…gay men? We take a look at what must be called "the queer aspect" of Wonder Woman over at the mighty Newsarama.

Enjoy!

Jim McLauchlin

Photo by Dan Wickline; © D! Productions

The best thing about event travel? Getting OUT of the event!

Above: Three Rob Roys at San Diego's Bayfront Hilton. Yay!

Sometimes the best thing you can do when you travel to an event is get away from the event. What happens when you're away is called "life." More at the mighty Berkshire Hathaway Travel Blog.

Jim McLauchlin

How the money flows in the comics biz

Contracts! Royalties! Reversions! Working for The Man! And where's my Elementals, dammit? All this and more stands revealed in the latest "Panel Discussions" column at Newsarama.com, which deals with one of the two most important things in life—money!

Enjoy! And polish your pennies!

Jim McLauchlin

DC Comics' new creator participation plan

For people in the comics business, it's big news: DC Comics is changing its creator participation plan and adding some wrinkles to be more in tune with today's market.

The all-important reaction from the pros whose skin is in the game HERE, and the text of DC's letter ALSO.

Enjoy.

Jim McLauchlin

New column: Panel Discussions at Newsarama.com

In which we discuss real people, with the touchpoint being comic books.

It's not as odd as it might sound: Look at the T-shirts on people as you walk down the street, or the people in line at the movie theater next time an Avengers flick comes out. Comic books and superheroes are HUGE in the public consciousness right now.

The intro column is up right now over at Newsarama.com. Check it out!

Jim McLauchlin